Press Release 20.10.22 26 cities in Africa to host local investor meetups East, West, North and Southern Africa are well represented to boost early stage investing, as well as Dubai, London and Washington DC Over 300 verified investor organisations have confirmed attendance Agenda to include gender inclusivity and green/climate focused investment A record 29 cities […]
12 October, 2022 Press Release Praia, Cabo Verde The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) is projecting an investment of over $6 billion into the African Start-up Ecosystem by the end of 2022, a near 50% increase on investment into startups across the continent last year. “Of the $5 billion raised in 2021, over $400M was by angel […]
6 October, 2022 Press Release You are hereby invited to the 9th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2022) happening both physically and virtually from November 2-4, 2022. Visit www.africainvestorsummit.com to secure your seat now. Organised by ABAN and VC4A, the annual ‘for investors, by investors’ summit brings together angel investors and VCs, alongside corporate […]
Dear ABAN Member, A smart city can be defined as a municipality that uses Information and Communication Technology to increase its operational efficiency, share information with the public and improve both the quality of government services and citizen welfare. Most cities in Africa are plagued with major problems such as lack of water and electricity due […]
9 September, 2022 Press Release Kigali, Rwanda ABAN launches the first specialised Climate Smart Agriculture Investor Network in Africa at the AGRF 2022 Summit in Kigali. The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) has launched a brand new sector-focused angels network to deal specifically with Climate Smart Agriculture. The new cross-border network will focus on […]
Dear Valued Member, It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the Investor panel of the “Early Stage/Growth Stage Investments and Innovations in Smart Cities Sector” webinar dedicated to unpacking investment opportunities in Africa’s Smart Cities Ecosystem. This is the 3rd webinar in a series of conversations leading up to our annual Africa Early-Stage Investor Summit in […]
Dear ABAN Member, Environmental challenges in the current world are real. Issues such as climate change, pollution, food waste and biodiversity loss cannot be ignored. That is precisely why cleantech is necessary and one of the major growing focusses for African startups. Clean technology refers to any measures taken to reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts, […]
Dear ABAN Member, By 2050, the United Nations projects that there will be about 9.5 billion people on the planet, a quarter of whom will be in Africa. This means that there will be more mouths to feed, and with that a wealth of opportunity in Agriculture that several start-ups have only just begun tapping into. […]
Congratulations to the African Angel Academy (AAA), that has just celebrated its second anniversary. The Academy has now enrolled 361 emerging angel investors, 50% of whom are women – an incredible feat for the ecosystem! A recent survey uncovered that alumni of the programme are actively investing, and 60% of these investments are into female-founded […]
Kigali, Friday June 17 2022 ABAN Co-founder Rebecca Enonchong and Secretary General Fadilah Tchoumba to declare Angel investing an economic development tool at CHOGM Rwanda 2022 The African Business Angel Network (ABAN) who will be taking part at the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda are due to declare angel investing as an […]
